Fleshing and fur-dressing machine.



IA.-BAUSER.

FL ESHING AND FUR DRESSING MACHINE.

.APPLIICATION FILED MAYIO. QIZ.

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A. BAUSER. FLESHING AND FUR DRESSING. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. I917 Patented Sept 10, 1918.

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ADOLPH BAUSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BAUS ER FLESHING AND FUR DRESSING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FLESHING AND FUR-DRESSING MACHINE.

Application filed May 10, 1917.

and Fur-Dressing 'Machine, of which the.

following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a fleshing and fur dressing machine which is constructed of few parts, which are combined to produce an efiective machine which may be readily adjusted and repaired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a circular knife, the circular blade of which may be conveniently removed for sharpening purposes and may be advanced relatively to the body of the knife as desired. V

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings, similar reference characters denote similar parts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line 11 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1, with the shaft in substantially a horizontal position;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig.2;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating the guide and the bracket on which the guide is a mounted; p

Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the knife blade;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the knife blade mounted on the knife, the guard. the guide and the bracket on which the guide is mounted; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional View illustrating the means for securing the knife blade to the knife in adjusted position.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that an arm 10 is provided having a sleeve 11 with a bearing 12 extending through the sleeve 11 and inwhich a shaft 13 is disposed, the said shaft 13 having a shoulder 14 which is disposed against the sleeve 11, the shaft 13 bein held in this position by a nut '15 whic meshes with a threaded end 16 of the shaft 13, awaslier 1? Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Serial No. 167,723.

being preferably disposed between the nut 15 and the arm 10 at its bearing 12. In addition to the shoulder 14, the shaft 13 is provided with a bead or shoulder 18 of greater diameter than the shoulder 14, so that when the shaft 13 is removed from the bearing 12, the hub 19 of a concavo-convex knife may be disposed on the shaft 13 between the shoulders 18 and 14, the sleeve 11 extending beyond the shoulder 14 so that while one side of the hub 19 will rest against the bead or shoulder 18, the other side of the hub will rest against the end of thesleeve 11. With this construction, the knife 20 maybe readily removed from the shaft 13 when occasion requires.

..Disposed around the body of the knife 20 there is a bowl shaped guard 21 which is provided with a collar 22 disposed aroundthe sleeve 11 at the inner side of the shoulder 14, the collar 22 having flanges 23 provided with orifices 24 in which a bolt 25 is disposed, the flanges 23 being movable relatively to each other so that by means .of the bolt they may be drawn together to clamp the collar 22 around the sleeve 11 in adjusted position. With this construction the bowl shaped guard 21 may be adjusted rearwardly as desired, and be secured in adjusted position 'so that its edge 26 may be positioned as desired relatively to the edge 27 of the knife blade 28 which is mounted on the knife. 20, in a manner which I will shortly The knife blade 28 is circular in shape and as will be seen by referring to Fig. 5 of the drawings, there are obliquely disposed slots 29 in the knife blade 28, in which screws 30 are disposed, the screws 30 meshing in threaded orifices 31 in the knife 20. The screws 30 have heads 32 which fit in openings 33 in the knife blade 28 and which press against the knife blade 28 at the said openings 33 when the screws 30 are turned home to lock theknife blade 28 in adjusted position relatively to the concavo-conveX knife 20. It will be understood that the heads .32 of the screws 30 may be'reached through the opening 30 in the guard 21 describe. When the edge 27 of the knife which is indicated by the dotted lines int- F 3 of the drawings, the said opening 30 being disposed at the bottom of the guard. In this way the screws may be loosened and the knife blade 28 may be rotated relatively to the knife 20 for purposes of adjustment, after which the screw 30 may be turned home in the manner described, and the guard 21 may be moved forwardly and be secured in adjusted position. Inasmuch as the knife 20 is cont-am, the rotation of the knife serves to throw off any refuse fleshings which may fall within the knife.

A bracket is provided which has a split hub 35 the ends 36 of which are provided with orifices one of which, is threaded, which in connection with a screw 37 serves to lock the bracket in adjusted position at the outer end of the shaft 13. It will be understood that not only is it possible to rotate the bracket 3% relatively to the shaft 13, but that also the bracket 3% may be moved inwardly or outwardly as desired, and may be secured when adjusted. The bracket 3% provided with an arm 38 having athreaded orifice in which a screw 39 meshes, the screw 39 being disposed in a slot 10 in a guide ll. The guide %1 has two circular arms which extend for a distance each side of the body of the guide 4 1, substantially as far as a cut-away portion 43 at the edge of the guard 21. This cut-away por tion :43 is provided to better expose the edge 2? of the knife blade 28, the furs and skins being treated at this portion of the machine by resting them on the guide '11 and moving them over the knife blade in a manner readily understood. The arm 10 is keyed to a pivot pin t l which is journaled in bearings 45 in a base $6, the pivot pin P1 being secured in adjusted position relatively to the base t6 by a set screw t7. The pivot pin it extends beyond the sides of the bearing 45, and on this pivot pin idlers t8 are rotatably mounted, guards 4:9 being disposed around the idlers and being provided with openings 50 through which a driving belt 61 is disposed. This driving belt extends from a pulley, not shown, around the idlers -1L8 and through openings in the bowl shaped guard 21, and over a pulley which forms a part of the knife hub 19.

It will be understood that by unscrewing the set screw :l-T it is possible to rock the arm 10 with its pivot pin ll relatively to the bearings h"). so that the guard 21 and the knife blade 28 will be disposed as may be desired, after which the set screw may be turned to hold the arm 10 in adjusted position. It will also be understood that this movement of the arm 10 will not interfere with the belt Not only is it possible to adjust the arm as desired, but the guard 21 may be adjusted forwardly or rea-rwardly as desired; the knife blade 28 may be adjusted forwardly or rearwardly as desired rela-J tively to the knife 20, and the guard 21 and. the guide may also be adjusted laterally and may no rotated for purposes of adjustment. llhen the guide 4-2 is rotated, the guard 21 should also be rotated so that its cut-away portion t3 will be disposed at the guide Haring thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a fleshing and fur dressing machine a rotatably mounted knife, a circular knife blade mounted on. the knife for rotating therewith and provided with oblique slots, means on the kn fe disposed in the slots for holding theku e blade in a predetermined position relatively to the knife, and a guard for the knife having an opening through which the means may be operated.

2. In a fleshing and fur dressing machine, a rockable carrier, a shaft detachably secured to the carrier and having a bead, a rotatable knife mounted on the shaft be tween the bead and the body of the carrier, and a guard adjust-able relatively to the carrier disposed around the shaft and secured in position l: etween the knife and the body of the carrier.

3. In a fleshing and fur dressing machine, a rockable carrier, a shaft detachably secured to the carrier and h ving a bead, a rotatable knife mounted on the carrier between the bead and the body of the carrier, a circular adjustable knife blade mounted on the knife for rotating therewith, means on the knife for holding the knife blade in a predetermined position relatively to the knife, and a guard disposed around the shaft and secured in position between the knife and the body of the carrier.

1-. In a fleshing and fur dressing machine, a shaf a circular knife rotatably mounted on the shaft, a guard having a circular rim disposed around the circular knife, and cut away at a portion of its periphery to expose the knife, a bracket adjustably mounted on the shaft, means for securing the bracket in adjusted position, and a guide mounted for lateral adjustment on the bracket and having a periphery substinitially of the same length as the cut-away portion of the guard periphcry for disposal adjacent the said cut-away portion.

5. In a flushing and fur dressing machine. a shaft. a circular knife rotatably mounted on the shaft, a guard rotatably mounted and having a circ lar rim disposed around the circular knife and cut away at one portion of its periphery to expose the knife. means for securing the g. ard in adjusted position, a bracket rotatably mounted on the shaft, means for securing the bracket in adjusted position, and a guide mounted for lateral adjustment on the bracket and having a. periphery snlristantially the sam '1 glib.

the cut-away portion of the guard periphery for disposal adjacent the said cut-away portion.

6. In a fieshing and fur dressing machine, a carrier, a shaft detachably secured to the carrier and provided with two shoulders, the carrier having a sleeve resting against the shoulder nearer the carrier, a rotatable knife mounted on the shaft between the sleeve and the other shoulder, and a guard adjustably secured to the sleeve. v

7. In a fieshing and fur dressing machine, a carrier, a shaft detachably secured to the carrier and provided with two shoulders, the carrier having a sleeve resting against the shoulder nearer the carrier, a rotatable knife mounted on the shaft between the sleeve and the other shoulder, a circular knife blade adjustably secured to the knife, and a guard adjustably mounted on the sleeve.

8. In a fleshing and fur dressing machine, a carrier, a shaft'detachably secured to the carrier and provided with two shoulders, the carrier having a sleeve resting against the shoulder nearer the carrier, a rotatable knife mounted on the shaft between the sleeve and the other shoulder, a circular knife blade mounted on the knife for rotating therewith and provided with oblique slots, means on the knife disposed in the slots for holding the knife blade in a predetermined position relatively to the knife, and a guard adjustably secured to the sleeve.

9. A .fieshing machine with a knife, a rockable carrier for the knife, and a belt for rotatably driving the knife, the belt running around idlers at the center of the rocking motion of the carrier.

ADOLPH BAUSER.

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